OLIVEIRA (Cristóvão Rodrigues). SUMMARIO e[m] que Brevemente se Contem Alguas Cousas (Assi Ecclesiasticas como ...

OLIVEIRA (Cristóvão Rodrigues). SUMMARIO e[m] que Brevemente se Contem Alguas Cousas (Assi Ecclesiasticas como Seculares) que Ha na Cidade de Lisboa. Lisboa. 1554.
OLIVEIRA (Cristóvão Rodrigues)
SUMMARIO e[m] que Brevemente se Contem Alguas Cousas (Assi Ecclesiasticas como Seculares) que Ha na Cidade de Lisboa. Lisboa: Em Casa de Germão Galharde, [1554].

A-F8, G2; [50] ff.; 190 mm.

FIRST edition, very rare, of this important review of aspects of city life in Lisbon, “One of the first statistical tests that were carried out among us, covering not only the demographic modality, but also the industrial, commercial, religious and charitable aspects of the city of Lisbon ” (pref. to the 1908 edition). Cristóvão Oliveira was, according to D. Manuel, "Wardrobe" of the Archbishop of Lisbon, D. Fernando de Menezes Coutinho e Vasconcelos, having been instructed by the latter to "inform himself in the truth of the income of the Archbishopric and Cabido da Sé", and of all Churches, Colleges, Spiritual Monasteries, Chapels and Confraternities of Lisbon, and the number of dwellings, residents and respective trades. To fulfill his mandate, Cristóvão Oliveira asked all the priors in the city to obtain the requested data, resulting in an important and reliable document on the demography and economy of the city at the time. Very rare, valuable and important.

¶ Inocêncio, v. 2, p. 74; D. Manuel, 85; Anselmo, 657